Childhood and school activities: Boy Scout and Eagle Scout; captain of high school football team; member of the National Honor Society; member of 1932 and 1933 University of Michigan Wolverines national champion football team; member 1935 Collegiate All-Star football team

Education: University of Michigan Bachelor of Arts degree in economics 1935; LL.B. and J.D. from Yale Law School 1941

Military Service: United States Navy 1942-1946, final rank Lieutenant Commander